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Every AI Acronym, Decoded In Plain English.

Connectors, MCP, API and CLI explained with one picture: they're all highways between AI and your company, with different lanes and different owners. Plus the one question that tells you whether any AI tool is worth buying.

  • The highway map: what connectors, MCP, APIs and CLIs actually are
  • The benefits and limits of each, and when to use which
  • The buying rule: the one question to ask before you commit to any tool
  • Why the tools with a CLI or API are the ones that never box you in

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Connectors, MCP, API and CLI explained with one picture: they're all highways between AI and your company, with different lanes and different owners. Plus the one question that tells you whether any AI tool is worth buying.

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What's Inside

The highway map: what connectors, MCP, APIs and CLIs actually are The benefits and limits of each, and when to use which The buying rule: the one question to ask before you commit to any tool Why the tools with a CLI or API are the ones that never box you in AI wasn't made easy t

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The highway map

Connectors: a single-lane road with a toll booth The buttons you click to hook an AI up to your email, calendar, or files.

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The buying rule

This one rule is why serious operators pick tools like Claude Code over prettier, more limited versions of the same thing.

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